Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced Thursday morning that her brother has died from the coronavirus.Donald Reed Herring, the oldest brother of Warren, died in Oklahoma Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus earlier this month, 40/29 sister station WCVB reported.Warren confirmed her brother's death due to COVID-19 in a statement on Twitter. Herring, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was 86. He joined the Air Force at age 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam, Warren said.“I’m grateful to the nurses and frontline staff who took care of him, but it’s hard to know that there was no family to hold his hand or to say 'I love you' one more time—and no funeral for those of us who loved him to hold each other close. I'll miss you dearly my brother,” Warren said in a tweet.Herring was hospitalized in February for pneumonia and moved to a rehabilitation center to recover, where he tested positive for the virus in early April. He remained asymptomatic for 11 days before falling ill and was moved to intensive care at Norman Regional Hospital, where he died eight days later, The Boston Globe reported.

NORMAN, Okla. —

Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced Thursday morning that her brother has died from the coronavirus.

Donald Reed Herring, the oldest brother of Warren, died in Oklahoma Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus earlier this month, 40/29 sister station WCVB reported.

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Warren confirmed her brother's death due to COVID-19 in a statement on Twitter.

Herring, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was 86. He joined the Air Force at age 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam, Warren said.

“I’m grateful to the nurses and frontline staff who took care of him, but it’s hard to know that there was no family to hold his hand or to say 'I love you' one more time—and no funeral for those of us who loved him to hold each other close. I'll miss you dearly my brother,” Warren said in a tweet.

Herring was hospitalized in February for pneumonia and moved to a rehabilitation center to recover, where he tested positive for the virus in early April. He remained asymptomatic for 11 days before falling ill and was moved to intensive care at Norman Regional Hospital, where he died eight days later, The Boston Globe reported.

My oldest brother, Don Reed, died from coronavirus on Tuesday evening. He joined the Air Force at 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam. He was charming and funny, a natural leader. https://t.co/b8m0xKzAmM

I’m grateful to the nurses and frontline staff who took care of him, but it’s hard to know that there was no family to hold his hand or to say “I love you” one more time—and no funeral for those of us who loved him to hold each other close. I'll miss you dearly my brother. pic.twitter.com/oOG6HArEL6